Iciano v. Franklin Nursing Home

Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Norma Ruiz, J.), entered October 15, 2012, which granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The complaint describes plaintiff’s decedent as a then 60-year-old man with an extensive medical history that included diabetes and peripheral vascular disease, which caused him to develop ulcerations on his lower extremities. It is alleged that he suffered an injury on August 22, 2006 when, while being transferred into a wheelchair, his left ankle struck the footrest, opening an old ulcer that was…